In 1939 a 21 year old joined the N.Z.R.A.F. as a reservist. When World
War II was declared he was called up and sent to Woodburn training camp
in Blenheim and taught to fly. In August 1940 he sailed from New Zealand
for England and went to war. As the sea voyage progressed from holiday
cruise to deadly dangerous, he kept a diary and then gave it to a
steward to post home from LA.
He was a foundation member of 485
NZ Spitfire Squadron. He watched his best friends die before his eyes,
was shot up twice and made it back to his aerodrome and killed a man for
the first time. And he wrote letters home.
In December 1941 he
sailed for the Middle East and, after a spell as an instructor, he
requested a transfer back to active duty. Only four of his training
course of 21 men survived and came home. He was one of them. Many years
later he wrote notes about his war time experiences in preparation for
the memoir that never happened.
In 1991 he died at the age of 74
after an 11 month battle with cancer. He was my Dad and I inherited the
box of letters and notes. It is time we all heard about his war and I
have complied this as much for the younger members of my family who
never knew this brave and modest man, as for anyone else. World War II,
from the air and the ground, in his own words.
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A biography of a psychic medium from the Midwestern United States. This
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Angels of Light from Summerland,
Lead us gently by the hand;
On our stormy earthly way,
Nearer draw to us each day.
Zeal to do for Spiritual right,
On us lay a giant's might.
Drive away all thought of fear,
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Loving friends, we ask the power,
Light sorrowing souls each hour.
Yearning for peace into the Light;
Guide and guard our steps we pray,
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W.W. Donham
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April Serao's love life is much like a desert, dry, dusty and a little
cracked. Six years ago, her husband Sal died while having sex. That was
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Now April's raising their three sons alone. Word got around about how
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FREE -- US & UK Kindle Edition -- I Think I'm OK by Christopher Kenny
In 1970 I volunteered to leave my family home and enter William Henry
Smith School, an institution for maladjusted children near Brighouse in
West Yorkshire, I was 11 years old.
After almost two years it
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behaviour and was no longer welcome at the school. This was a pattern
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I was moved
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As incredulous as it may seem, at the
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was kicked out of this home too.
The above is pretty much the
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avoided like a crusty pair of Y fronts.
I am now 53 years old and
have managed, thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, to obtain
official records held about me from those early days. I have also
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As
I have used my real name, I felt it was only right that I use the real
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Oh, I guess I should point out that there are a few of them there naughty sweary words included . . . sorry about that.
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Catherine Nicholls and John Rickman are in the same wrong place at the same wrong time.
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In
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Henry is potent and ambitious. He wants to have his pleasure and his vengeance.
He wants Catherine.
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